Facebook Rejects Biden’s Request to Censor Political Speech

Facebook Rejects Biden’s Request to Censor Political Speech
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden holds a roundtable meeting on reopening the economy with community leaders at the Enterprise Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Facebook declined on June 11 a push to censor political speech coordinated by the presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden.

Biden’s campaign started a public relations offensive on June 11 to pressure Facebook to censor election-related content. The campaign, introduced on Twitter by the former vice president himself, calls on Biden supporters to contact Facebook and demand that the social media take action on a list of demands.
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Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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